The report finds that shipment volume of the Taiwanese mobile PC
industry, comprising of notebook PCs and tablets, declined sequentially
and year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, following the peak
seasonal demand toward the year-end. Compal and Foxconn took up the
largest shipment share of the notebook PC and tablet industry in the
first quarter of 2018, respectively. With the commercial replacement
demand and the US economic rebound, US brands HP and Dell are expected
to collectively account for 43.3% of total traditional PCs, comprising
of desktop PCs and notebook PCs, in 2018, up from 34.2% in 2015.
Nevertheless, shipment volume of notebook PCs and tablets is projected
to grow double-digitally in the second quarter of 2018 and continue into
the third.